Herb Meadow (May 27, 1911 – March 1, 1995) was an American television producer and writer, born 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, best known for creating such series as Have Gun – Will Travel.

Meadow grew up in Brooklyn. A ninth-grade school dropout, he was a runner for a gangster and bootlegger during the prohibition era^[1] in addition to selling sheet music and jewelry and working at an art supply business.^[2]

When he was in his 20s, Meadow worked in radio in New York.^[1] In 1933, he became an actor, announcer, and writer at WCNW in New York.^[3] He later became a writer in the old-time radio era, creating 350 scripts for the soap opera Valiant Lady.^[1]

Meadow worked in Hollywood for more than 50 years. At age 83, he was still active, writing a screenplay that resulted in a $500,000 contract.^[4] He wrote at least 37 feature-length film scripts, of which a dozen were produced, including The Redhead from Wyoming, The Strange Woman, Stranger on Horseback,^[1] and The Unguarded Moment.^[5]

On television, in addition to Have Gun – Will Travel, Meadow created and wrote for The Man from Blackhawk^[6] and developed the Arrest and Trial series.^[2]

Despite his many scripts, he would write only one book, Uncertain Glory, a novelization of the screenplay by László Vadnay & Max Brand from the screenstory by Brand and Joe May (Grosset and Dunlap, 1944).

Meadow was married twice. His first wife died in 1980, ending their 43-year marriage. His second marriage ended in divorce after six years, but the two continued to cohabit.^[1]

Meadow died of a heart attack in 1995 in Los Angeles.^{[7][8][9][10]}